Archaeologists are fighting to preserve an indigenous Amerindian site in the north of the island after heavy sea surge exposed and is eroding a burial ground.

A team from Leiden University led by Professor Dr Corinne Hofman has been permitted by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture to conduct small-scale excavations in Sauteurs in a bid to salvage the skeleton remains before they are forever lost. Their involvement became necessary after residents reported skeletal remains and artefacts being washed up on the beach.